Miriam Rinn
Miriam Rinn
Far left, the cover of the yizkerbukh that Chonon Kiel created, along with illustrations he drew in memory of families that had connections to Czenstochov, Poland. (All images courtesy of Rabbi Mark W. Kiel)
November 2, 2022, 4:57 pm
‘Each page was inspired’
Rabbi Mark W. Kiel completes the ‘yizkerbukh’ his artist father began
By Miriam Rinn
A scene from the play, “Vilna.” (Photos by Carol Rosegg)
March 28, 2019, 9:44 am
‘Vilna’ explores the moral quandary of the Judenrat
By Miriam Rinn
Solitary diners in a scene from “The Invisibles”
January 24, 2019, 11:54 am
Two new Holocaust films 
‘Who Will Write Our History?’ and ‘The Invisibles’
By Miriam Rinn
Steve Rosen performs as the ‘before’ Josh Cohen as his ‘after’ version, David Rossmer, plays the guitar. (Photos by Caitlin McNaney)
November 21, 2018, 11:52 am
Homegrown talent puts fun into ‘The Other Josh Cohen’
By Miriam Rinn
Hershey Felder portrays Irving Berlin from a young composer to a frail centenarian.
September 13, 2018, 11:50 am
‘Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin’ celebrates great Jewish songwriter
By Miriam Rinn
Yelena Shmulenson, Allen Lewis Rickman, and Shane Baker in “Tevye Served Raw.”
July 19, 2018, 11:49 am
‘Tevye Served Raw’ makes a tasty dish
By Miriam Rinn
The full cast of “Goldstein,” now playing in the Actors Temple Theater in Manhattan
April 12, 2018, 11:52 am
‘Goldstein’ entertains in its modest way
By Miriam Rinn
Beth Malone and Andrew Garfield (Photos by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg)
March 28, 2018, 11:50 am
‘Angels in America’ is theater heaven
By Miriam Rinn
Cheryl Stern (Frannie) hugs Adam Heller (Harry) as Julia Knitel (Barbara) looks on. (Russ Rowland/ALTHM)
March 8, 2018, 11:49 am
‘A Letter to Harvey Milk’
By Miriam Rinn
The Berger family around the dinner table. From left, Ronit Asheri-Sandler, Luzer Twersky, Lea Kalisch, David Mandelbaum, and Eli Rosen.
December 14, 2017, 11:48 am
Yiddish production is a melody of economic anxiety
By Miriam Rinn
Members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrive at the wrong address in the Negev.
November 30, 2017, 11:49 am
‘The Band’s Visit’
delights an Israeli town and will move a Broadway audience
By Miriam Rinn
Jenne Vath plays Mme. Trassek in Lu Hauser’s “Prague, 1912.” (Jonathan Slaff)
November 16, 2017, 11:53 am
Two plays about theatrical magic
‘Prague, 1912’
By Miriam Rinn
Steven Pasquale as bombastic financier Robert Merkin (think Michael Milken) in Ayad Akhtar’s new play, “Junk.”
November 2, 2017, 11:49 am
‘Junk’
A shanda far di goyim?
By Miriam Rinn
September 28, 2017, 6:44 pm
CultureJew: Not much at the movies, but great viewing on PBS
By Miriam Rinn
August 22, 2017, 3:47 pm
CultureJew: From Hasidic Brooklyn to Detroit
By Miriam Rinn
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